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GUSTAVE SUMMER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

Application filed. April 13, 1916. Serial No. 90,881.

To all whom it mayooncea n:

Be it known that I, Gns'ravn SUMMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool: and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes; and I. dodoclare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of re erencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to lll'iPlOVGlDQlitS in what may be termed shoepolishing, otherwise known as blackening, brushes, although it isadapted to more extended uses as will appear hereinafter from thesubsequent disclosure.

The invention has for its object, primarily to provide a compact andhandy device 0 the aforesaid type, which is highly portable, beingadapted to be carried upon the person as in the pocket or otherwiseready for immediate and extemporaneous use.

A further object is to provide for incasing or inclosing the polisheither in liquid or paste form, as well as the dauber and brush proper,in a common container or holder.

A still further object is to so position or arrange the respective partsas to provide for readily filling or replenishing the polishreceivingchamber, also for feeding by gravity thepolish to the dauber as thelatter is used in applying the liquid or polish to the object beingtreated.

A still further object is to provide for the convenient housing of thebrush proper while effecting the application of the polish, and for theready withdrawal and disposal of the brush for use in effecting thepolishing operation and at the same time provide for housing the dauber,it then, of course, being out of use.

Still further objects and advantages of my invention will be madeapparent from the following description and accompanying illustration.

The invention consists therefore of certain instrumentalities andfeatures of construction substantially as hereinafter fully disclosedand defined by the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated the preferred embodiment ofone form of my invention wherein it will be understood that variouschanges or modifications may be made as to the detailed construction andarrangement of parts without departing from the scope or spirit of theclaim, and in which drawing- Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectionof my invention, with the brush proper, slightly withdrawn.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the brush proper having beenpreviously withdrawn and reinserted in inverted position as when usedfor effecting the polishing operation.

Fig. 3 is a central transverse section of the device viewing toward thefilling end or dauber, with the brush proper in housed position andshown in dotted outline as when in usable position.

Fig. i is a detached end view of the dauber-holder, with the dauberremoved, showing more especially the pointed clips or fastenings whichsecure the dauber, also showing the polish-passage through the bot tomof said dauber-holder.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a suitable container or casing 1preferably rectangular or oblong in general outline, the samebeingsubdivi ed into two compartments or chambers 2 and 8. The chamber 2holds the polish or liquid, in paste form, and into which chamber thepolish is poured or inserted through an opening or passage 4t providedthrough one end of said chamber.

The brush proper, designated as 6, is contained within the compartmentor chamber 3, of the container or casing l as seen especially in Figs. 1and 3, said. brush proper being arranged to provide for the initialpresentation of its polishing portion or face inwardly or toward thebottom of said chamber to provide against its exposure externally. Theback 7 of the brush proper 6 projects laterally somewhat beyond thebrush or fibrous portion thereof as at 8 to provide for measurablyspacing said fibrous portion from the side-walls of the chamber 3 asseen particularly in Fig. Said lat erally projecting portions 8 arethemselves provided with longitudinal ribs 9 which are received incorresponding grooves or channels 10 formed in the inner surfaces of thewalls of the chamber 3, to provide for the brush proper having aslidable movement, as in withdrawing and reinserting the latter, and forthe retention thereof when in position in the container. Also, it willbe sequently in communication seen that by means of this arrangement,the brush proper is adapted, when withdrawn from the container, to beinverted, and reinserted thereinto, with its fibrous or applying portionpresented for use in effecting the rubbing or polishing operation asseen particularly in Fig. 2, of course, after using the dauber inapplying the polish. To the top 7 at the withdrawing end of the bliUSllproper is preferably secured a vertical end plate or piece 11 havingformed therein a notch or recess 12 for the reception of the finger tipor nail for the ready removal of the brush. The opposite end of thebrush top 7 is adapted to Inrojeet as at 13 to provide for spacing itwith respect to that end Wall of the chamber 3 to retain the fibrousportion of the brush proper out of contact therewith.

The dauber, designated as 1 1, of suitably fibrous material or bristlesand requisitely conformed for its intended purpose, is suitably seatedor contained within a preferably metallic holder 15, said holder beingof socket-like formation, the outer edge of which has formed therewithinturned pointed clips or studs 16 entering the fibrous portion of thedauber for effecting fastening connection therebetween. The holder ormember 15 has integral therewith an externally screw-threaded tubularstem or plug 17 which is screwed or threaded within the passage 4 of thecontainer 1 and conwith the polish containing chamber 2, said end of thecontainer being preferably thickened particularly as indicated at 18 inFig. l, and through which tubular stem the polish is delivered or fed tothe dauber, as is readily apparent from said figure.

The container or receptacle 1 is fitted at one end with a cap 19 forhousing the dauber 14:, especially when the latter is not in use, saidreceptacle or container being preferably reduced in transverse sectionas at 20 to provide for the fitting of the cap thereon flush with itsexterior surface. Said container or receptacle 1 has upon its reducedportion, near the inner end, a continuous bead 21 which enters or issprung into a corresponding channel or groove 22 in the inner surface ofthe cap, near its inner end for the fastening of the cap in place uponthe con tainer, over the dauber.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe ishing of shoes or The operation of the device is thought apparentfrom the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it being necessary only to state, hovever, that, after havingsuitably filled the chamber 2 with the polish, through the passage linthe one end wall, thereof, it being understood that the dauber has beenremoved with the cap therefor, it is only required that the dauber bereplaced and the container presented with its dauber end downwardly,when, of course, the polish will be supplied by gravity through thetubular stem or plug 17 to the dauber and the operation of applying thepolish may be proceeded with as required. After porformii'ig suchpolish-applying operation, the dauber is suitably housed by replacingthe cap thereover, and the brush proper (3 removed andinverted, andreplaced so inverted, when the polishing operation may be proceeded within the well understood manner.

Amongthe many uses, aside from the polother form of foot-wear, for whichmy invention may be employed, the following may be recited. In themilitary service, the device may be used for carrying oil for applyingto the various equipments of leather, whether upon field or in thebarracks, as the saddle or bridle or other parts of harness; to the careof the rifle and to the polishing of metal, leather,

wood or any other material, and sundry other purposes.

I claim A device of the type described, including a compartmentalpolish-containing chainber, one compartment being adapted to contain abrush having an invertible and slidable connection therewith, and adauberholcler having a plug threaded into an end wall of saidpolish-containing chamber, said plug havinga longitudinal boreestablishing communication between said polish-containing chamber andsaid dauber-holder, and also establishing, otherwise unaided, connectiontherebetween.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE SUMMER.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

